Workshop Agenda

All workshop sessions are at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza, 4445 Main St., Kansas City, MO.

Workshop facilitators are Al Tompkins, The Poynter Institute's Group Leader for Broadcasting and Online and Lynn French, assistant chief photographer/multimedia journalist, KPNX-TV, Phoenix.

Your workshop hosts are RTNDA Chairman, Stacey Woelfel, News Director, KOMU-TV
Columbia, MO; Tara Sheehan, Director of Membership & Marketing and Audrey Lamb, Coordinator of Convention and Meetings.

Friday Evening, September 11 

6:30 pm        A light sandwich dinner is served in the Brookside Room.

7:00-8:45 pm        Welcome from RTNDA Chairman, Stacey Woelfel in the Southmoreland Room.

                                Hear From Your Audience
A facilitated discussion with a diverse group of the public about their perception of local television, radio and online journalism

8:45-9:30 pm                  Q&A with Your Audience

Saturday, September 12

Please note that we will have restroom and cell phone breaks during the day that the facilitators will announce. 

7:30 a.m.         Continental Breakfast is served in the Southmoreland Room.

8:00 a.m.     Good morning from RTNDA board member, Stacey Woelfel  in Southmoreland Room.

Al Tompkins and Lynn French explore the following ethical issue raised online using a number of cases, we will explore how you make tough calls on the following questions:

•    Do you have different standards and apply different editorial judgment for content that you on-air vs. online?
•    Do you need rules to cover how journalists in your newsroom use such social media sites as Twitter or Facebook, even when they’re "off the clock?"
•    What new problems come when you open your Web site news stories to public comment? How responsible are you for what others say?
•    How do you know if the video, photos or information that people post on your site is real?
•    What are your ethical concerns when linking or aggregating?
•    Do you have guidelines for journalists who are personally blogging or blogging on your site?
•    How are you attributing the information you obtain from an online source?

12:30 1:30 pm        Lunch in the Brookside Room.
                                  Benefits of RTNDA membership from Stacey Woelfel.

1:30 – 5:30 pm    Tool Bag for Making Tough Calls

Using a number of cases, we will explore how you make tough calls. In this interactive case study session you will:
•    Using  911 calls
•    Covering victims and vulnerable people
•    Going “live” with a breaking story
•    Using graphic audio and video
•    Using confidential sources

5:30 pm        Enjoy Kansas City!